openSUSE 11.4 vs. 12.1 Linux Performance

Benchmarks of openSUSE 12.1 final from a Core i7 notebook compared to openSUSE 11.4.

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openSUSE 11.4 vs. 12.1 Linux PerformanceProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom955Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores)LENOVO 4318CTOIntel Core DMI4096MB160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/950MHz)Conexant CX20585Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300SUSE LINUX 11.42.6.37.1-1.2-desktop (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.1X Server 1.9.3nouveau 0.0.161.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.10)GCC 4.5ext41600x900NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/790MHz)SUSE LINUX 12.13.1.0-1.2-desktop (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.2.1X Server 1.10.42.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.21GHz (4 Cores)ASUS M4A79T DeluxeATI RD790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x08192MB115GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 2 x 320GB SAMSUNG HD322HJ + 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500418ASNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (763/1900MHz)Realtek ALC1200SyncMasterRealtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+3.1.0-1.1-desktop (x86_64)KDE1440x900OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Disk Scheduler: CFQ.

openSUSE 11.4 vs. 12.1 Linux Performancec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplessqlite: Default Test Directorypostmark: Disk Transaction Performancepgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondx264: H.264 Video Encodingencode-mp3: WAV To MP3compress-7zip: Compress Speed Testcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionbuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To CompileopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom955118.8626719.0935712932.8345.3330.81870119.3840.9952.10117.2625822.4229962661.8746.1930.39838919.7644.2258.44127.9920613.2534374013.1053.4329.78929116.6835.43OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom955306090120150SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3118.86117.26110.38
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom95520406080100Min: 118.44 / Avg: 118.86 / Max: 119.38Min: 117.22 / Avg: 117.26 / Max: 117.29Min: 108.84 / Avg: 110.38 / Max: 112.52

Smallpt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom95530060090012001500SE +/- 4.25, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1200.07, N = 62672581397
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom9552004006008001000Min: 257 / Avg: 266.83 / Max: 280Min: 257 / Avg: 257.67 / Max: 258Min: 194 / Avg: 1396.67 / Max: 7397

SQLite

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom955510152025SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 319.0922.4213.07
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom955510152025Min: 18.98 / Avg: 19.09 / Max: 19.3Min: 21.7 / Avg: 22.42 / Max: 22.82Min: 12.9 / Avg: 13.07 / Max: 13.16

PostMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom9558001600240032004000SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 84.13, N = 10SE +/- 0.00, N = 5357129963571
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom9556001200180024003000Min: 3571 / Avg: 3571 / Max: 3571Min: 2777 / Avg: 2995.6 / Max: 3571Min: 3571 / Avg: 3571 / Max: 3571

PostgreSQL pgbench

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per SecondopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom9559001800270036004500SE +/- 19.06, N = 3SE +/- 20.16, N = 3SE +/- 29.93, N = 32932.832661.874290.80
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per SecondopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom9557001400210028003500Min: 2895.03 / Avg: 2932.83 / Max: 2955.98Min: 2624.36 / Avg: 2661.87 / Max: 2693.41Min: 4251.74 / Avg: 4290.8 / Max: 4349.62

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom9551224364860SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 345.3346.1954.92
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom9551122334455Min: 45.33 / Avg: 45.33 / Max: 45.34Min: 45.97 / Avg: 46.19 / Max: 46.43Min: 54.87 / Avg: 54.92 / Max: 55.01

LAME MP3 Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3openSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom955714212835SE +/- 0.06, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 530.8130.3929.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3openSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom955714212835Min: 30.72 / Avg: 30.81 / Max: 31.05Min: 30.33 / Avg: 30.39 / Max: 30.53Min: 29.66 / Avg: 29.7 / Max: 29.74

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom9552K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 78.83, N = 3SE +/- 62.60, N = 3SE +/- 38.02, N = 3870183899749
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom9552K4K6K8K10KMin: 8558 / Avg: 8701 / Max: 8830Min: 8317 / Avg: 8389.33 / Max: 8514Min: 9673 / Avg: 9749 / Max: 9789

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom955510152025SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 319.3819.7615.84
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom955510152025Min: 19.12 / Avg: 19.38 / Max: 19.89Min: 19.64 / Avg: 19.76 / Max: 19.85Min: 15.78 / Avg: 15.84 / Max: 15.93

Timed Apache Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom9551020304050SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 340.9944.2234.29
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1Phenom955918273645Min: 40.88 / Avg: 40.99 / Max: 41.17Min: 44.1 / Avg: 44.22 / Max: 44.28Min: 34.21 / Avg: 34.29 / Max: 34.44

Timed PHP Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.11326395265SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 352.1058.44
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.11224364860Min: 52.08 / Avg: 52.1 / Max: 52.12Min: 58.22 / Avg: 58.44 / Max: 58.59